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Jevne v. L.A. Super. Ct.

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
The federal Securities Exchange Act preempts California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.85(a) and the National Association of Securities Dealer's...

Parrish v. Cingular Wireless

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit concerning the early termination fee charged to wireless telephone customers, defendant-phone company's contractual ban on class-wide...

Ingle v. Circuit City

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, denial of defendant's petition to compel arbitration is affirmed where the parties' arbitration agreement was procedurally...

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate v. Woodman Inv.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A postarbitration judicial proceeding to confirm an arbitration award is final for purposes of an award of fees.

Corell v. Fox and Fox

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for attorney fees, on the ground that the claim was within arbitral jurisdiction, is reversed where the arbitration...

Biscanin v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Plaintiff's claim that the arbitrator's award reflects a manifest disregard for applicable law is dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction...

Cummings v. Fedex Ground Package Sys.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment contract dispute, the district court properly denied defendant's motion to compel arbitration on the ground that plaintiffs' claims...

Airline Pilots Ass'n v. Pan Am. Airways Corp.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
It is for the arbitrator, and not the court, to decide initially whether a party is foreclosed from arbitrating a particular issue that is otherwise...

Sarhank Group v. Oracle Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
An American nonsignatory to an agreement to arbitrate under Egyptian law cannot be bound to arbitrate in the absence of a full showing of facts...

Cummings v. Future Nissan

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, an arbitration award in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff's claim, that the arbitration clause...